User talk:2001:8003:58A3:6C01:589:F738:2A09:13A4

November 2019
Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:38, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits referred to above, consider creating an account for yourself or logging in with an existing account so that you can avoid further irrelevant notices.


 * Please revert the other IP's edits to mine. They are wrong for the reasons I explained to him on his talk pages. I see that he has been blocked as well and for longer than I have which is the right call. For this reason alone I accept my block. It would seem my message to him may have been missed. 2001:8003:58A3:6C01:589:F738:2A09:13A4 (talk) 00:14, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, technically, the other IP editor was engaing in block evasion, and that editor's registered account had already been indefinitely blocked. That's why my block was a bit harsh.  Reverting sock puppets is an exemption to our policy against edit warring, but I don't think there's much chance you could have known that was a block-evading IP.  If you understand that edit warring is wrong – no matter how correct your edits are – you should consider making an unblock request.  See this guide.  Then you could return to editing, though you'd have to be more careful to follow our policies.  I'd rather not get personally involved in your dispute, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:38, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I wasn't asking you to get involved, unless you meant the reversion of the edits. You're right - I didn't know he was a block evader. But as much as edit warring is wrong, I couldn't just sit back and let wrong edits stay there. Further, I did try and engage him on his talk page wanting an explanation for his edits which I always put in the edit summary the reasons why they were wrong. He just called me an "egomaniac" and told me off and said nothing about backing his edits. My block is only 48 hours so I won't bother with the unblock seeing as he's gone. It would just be quicker if someone else reverted it instead. That's all. Anyway, isn't block evasion a reason for someone to revert it without being involved? Just making that point. 2001:8003:58A3:6C01:589:F738:2A09:13A4 (talk) 01:08, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I had one of the pages you were edit warring on added to my watchlist and your edit has been restored as you are right. However as Ninja indicated it was a bad idea to proceed the way you did. You should have instead reported the issue to the admins. You do need to sit back. I will revert the other two back to your edits with one exception - categories on drafts can be there, only they have to be de-activated. Please remember this in future, especially as edit warring can also lead to pages being protected. Addicted4517 (talk) 03:49, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll continue this here now that my block is done instead of the talk page of this IP I'm on now. Thanks. Where do I report this in the future? There was nothing obvious as it was multiple pages and not just one. That's why I tried his talk page instead. I do remember that you have to discuss it and I tried and he wouldn't. He just kept on reverting and the most he did was call me an egomaniac. I actually wouldn't have minded the pages being protected to be honest. 2001:8003:58A3:6C01:381E:58B:4F9E:BE08 (talk) 00:45, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * The edit warring noticeboard is the place to go if the talk page doesn't work, whether it be the other user's or the talk page of article concerned. I acknowledge the confusion you felt as it was multiple pages, but hopefully this will assist you in the future. Addicted4517 (talk) 00:02, 2 December 2019 (UTC)